World Cup 2026 Managers

2026 FIFA World Cup Managers

See a listing of 2026 FIFA World Cup coaches for each of the competing teams.

Team	Coach	In charge	Previous role	Nationality
Algeria	Vladimir Petković	Since February 2024	Head coach of Bordeaux	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Argentina	Lionel Scaloni	Since November 2018	Assistant coach of Argentina	Argentina
Australia	Tony Popovic	Since September 2024	Head coach of Melbourne Victory	Australia
Austria	Ralf Rangnick	Since May 2022	Head coach of Man United on an interim basis	Germany
Belgium	Rudi Garcia	Since January 2025	Head coach of SSC Napoli	France
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sergej Barbarez	Since April 2024	First appointment	Bosnia
Brazil	Carlo Ancelotti	Since May 2025	Head coach of Real Madrid	Italy
Canada	Jesse Marsch	Since May 2024	Head coach of Leeds United	USA
Cape Verde	Bubista	Since January 2020	Head coach of Batuque	Cape Verde
Colombia	Néstor Lorenzo	Since July 2022	Head coach of Melgar (Peru)	Argentina
Croatia	Zlatko Dalić	Since October 2017	Head coach of Al Ain (UAE)	Croatia
Curacao	Dick Advocaat	Since January 2024	Head coach of ADO Den Haag	Netherlands
Czech Republic	Miroslav Koubek	Since December 2025	FC Viktoria Plzeň	Czechia
DR Congo	Sébastien Desabre	Since August 2022	Head coach of Chamois Niortais F.C. (Niort)	France
Ecuador	Sebastián Beccacece	Since August 2024	Head coach of Elche	Argentina
Egypt	Hossam Hassan	Since February 2024	Head coach of Modern Future	Egypt
England	Thomas Tuchel	Since January 2025	Head coach of Bayern Munich	Germany
France	Didier Deschamps	Since July 2012	Head coach of Olympique de Marseille	France
Germany	Julian Nagelsmann	Since September 2023	Head coach of Bayern Munich	Germany
Ghana	Carlos Queiroz replaced Otto Addo*	Since April 2026	Head coach of Oman	Portugal
Haiti	Sébastien Migné	Since June 2024	Assistant coach of Cameroon	France
Iran	Amir Ghalenoei	Since March 2023	Head coach of Gol Gohar	Iran
Iraq	Graham Arnold	Since May 2025	Head coach of Australia	Australia
Ivory Coast	Emerse Faé	Since January 2024	Head coach of Ivory Coast U23	Ivory Coast
Japan	Hajime Moriyasu	Since July 2018	Head coach of Japan U23*	Japan
Jordan	Jamal Sellami	Since August 2024	Head coach of FUS Rabat	Morocco
Korea Republic	Hong Myung-bo	Since July 2024	Head coach of Ulsan HD	Korea Republic
Mexico	Javier Aguirre	Since July 2024	Head coach of Mallorca	Mexico
*Morocco	Mohamed Ouahbi	Since March 2026	Head coach of Morocco U23	Morocco/Belgium
Netherlands	Ronald Koeman	Since January 2023	Head coach of FC Barcelona	Netherlands
New Zealand	Darren Bazeley	Since November 2022	Assistant coach of New Zealand U23	UK (born in Northampton)
Norway	Ståle Solbakken	Since December 2020	Head coach of FC Copenhagen	Norway
Panama	Thomas Christiansen	Since July 2020	Head coach of Union Saint-Gilloise	Spain/Denmark (born in Hadsund)
Paraguay	Gustavo Alfaro	Since August 2024	Head coach of Costa Rica	Argentina
Portugal	Roberto Martinez	Since January 2023	Head coach of Belgium	Spain
Qatar	Julen Lopetegui	Since May 2025	Head coach of West Ham United	Spain
Saudi Arabia	*Giorgios Donis	Since April 2026	Head coach of Al-Khaleej	Greece
Scotland	Steve Clarke	Since May 2019	Head coach of Kilmarnock	Scotland
Senegal	Pape Thiaw	Since December 2024	Head coach of Senegal A'	Senegal
South Africa	Hugo Broos	Since May 2021	Head coach of Oostende (caretaker)	Belgium
Spain	Luis de la Fuente	Since December 2022	Head coach of Spain U23	Spain
Sweden	Graham Potter	Since October 2025	Head coach of West Ham United	England
Switzerland	Murat Yakin	Since August 2021	Head coach of FC Schaffhausen	Switzerland
*Tunisia	Sabri Lamouchi	Since January 2026	Head coach of Al-Diriyah	France
Turkey	Vincenzo Montella	Since September 2023	Head coach of Super Lig Adana Demirspor	Italy
Uruguay	Marcelo Bielsa	Since May 2023	Head coach of Leeds United	Argentina
USA	Mauricio Pochettino	Since September 2024	Head coach of Chelsea	Argentina
Uzbekistan	Fabio Cannavaro	Since October 2025	Head coach of Dinamo Zagreb	Italy

* Moriyasu coached both Japan's U23 and national team between 2018 and 2021.

Roberto Martinez. — Roberto Martinez at Goodison Park

Fun Facts

Algeria/Vladimir Petković: After managing five Swiss teams, Petković landed in Turkey in 2011 for his first foreign role. His spell at Samsunspor was a disaster, leaving the post mid-season whilst the club was mired in relegation trouble.

Argentina/Lionel Scaloni: For much of his career, Scaloni played with Deportivo La Coruña in Spain. But he also has Premier League and Serie A experience, turning out for West Ham in England, and for Lazio and Atalanta in Italy.

Australia/Tony Popovic: 2004–05 was Popovic's only season in the Premier League as a player. Although he was by no means a terrible defender, his time at Crystal Palace will be most remembered for his bizarre backheel flick own-goal at Fratton Park against Portsmouth.

Austria/Ralf Rangnick: Rangnick's contribution to modernising German football is unquestionable, but his trophy cabinet is rather sparse. His most notable achievement arguably came during the 2010-11 season with Schalke 04, when he crushed MSV Duisburg in the DFB-Pokal final.

Belgium/Rudi Garcia: Garcia led Olympique de Marseille to the 2018 UEFA Europa League final held at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, one of the host venues of Euro 2016. His team were soundly beaten by Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid.

Bosnia/Sergej Barbarez: This is the former striker's first managerial post and he began with a 3-0 away defeat to England. However, he successfully guided his charges through the final play off game with Italy on penalties at the Bilino Polje Stadion in Zenica. Barbarez spent most of his playing career in the German Bundesliga in particular at Hamburg where he netted 65 goals in 174 Bundesliga games.

Brazil/Carlo Ancelotti: In February 2021, whilst managing Everton, Ancelotti's home in Crosby was burgled and a safe was stolen by two male offenders wearing black clothing and balaclavas. The safe was later found in a car park in nearby Thornton.

Canada/Jesse Marsch: The first season in the MLS for Montreal Impact (now called CF Montréal) kicked off under the guidance of Jesse Marsch. Since this 2012 bow, Marsch has made big personal strides in European football, managing Red Bull Salzburg and Leeds United.

Cape Verde/Bubista: Bubista was awarded the "Coach of the Year" title at the 2025 CAF Awards, held at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat, Morocco.

Colombia/Néstor Lorenzo: The Argentinian won the Mitropa Cup as a Bari player back in 1990.

Croatia/Zlatko Dalić: Dalic has tasted only one defeat in twenty-one World Cup qualifying matches. The loss came in March 2021 away at the Stožice Stadium in Slovenia.

*Curacao/Dick Advocaat: This tournament will be Advocaat's third World Cup, the first being in USA '94 with the Netherlands and the second coming in 2006, managing the Korea Republic. Advocaat oversaw Curaçao's successful qualification to this summer's World Cup but resigned back in February due to health concerns about his daughter. Fellow Dutchman Fred Rutten took on managerial responsibilities but he too quit and Advocaat returned in May. Rutten has previously held the top job at club sides including FC Twente, Schalke 04, PSV Eindhoven, SBV Vitesse, Feyenoord, Al Shabab, Maccabi Haifa and Anderlecht.

Ecuador/Sebastián Beccacece: The Argentinian led Racing Club to the quarterfinals of the 2020 Copa Libertadores, losing to Boca Juniors 1-2 on aggregate.

Egypt/Hossam Hassan: Only Ahmed Hassan has more caps for Egypt than Hossam Hassan. The two are not related.

England/Thomas Tuchel: In 2019-20, the German became the first PSG manager to guide Les Rouge-et-Bleu to a Champions League final.

France/Didier Deschamps: Although Deschamps guided AS Monaco to a fairy-tale 2004 Champions League final, he failed to win a single trophy on the French Riviera.

Germany/Julian Nagelsmann: In February 2016, at just 28, he became the youngest permanent head coach in Bundesliga history when he took over Hoffenheim.

Carlos Queiroz. — Carlos Queiroz; © Josh Thomas

*Ghana/Otto Addo: (Born in Hamburg, Germany) As a player, he featured for Ghana in Germany 2006. He started in a group match versus Czechia, played in front of 45,000 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. Addo was sacked on March 31, 2026 just 72 days before the start of the World Cup following friendly defeats to Germany in Stuttgart, and a 5-1 drubbing versus Austria in Vienna. He was replaced in April by veteran Portuguese coach, Carlos Queiroz.

Haiti/Sébastien Migné: Migné achieved World Cup qualification despite the Frenchman never setting foot in Haiti due to the ongoing internal conflict. Haiti played their home CONCACAF third round matches in Curaçao. Their final game at the Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, against Nicaragua confirmed the country's passage to North America.

Iran/Amir Ghalenoei: This is Ghalenoei's second time leading Iran. He oversaw Iran's run to the quarter-finals in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

Iraq/Graham Arnold: Aussie coach Graham Arnold has had two spells in charge of the Australian national team as well as positions with various A-League clubs plus a short stay in Japan with Vegalta Sendai.

Ivory Coast/Emerse Faé: Although Ivory Coast qualified for the knockouts in the 2023 AFCON, the country's FA could not stomach a 0-4 reversal at the hands of Equatorial Guinea in the group stage, resulting in the sacking of Jean-Louis Gasset. After hiring Faé mid-tournament, the Ivorians produced a famous win by claiming the title in the final against Nigeria.

Japan national team. — Japan beat both Scotland and England in pre-tournament friendly internationals

Japan/Hajime Moriyasu: During his playing days, Moriyasu became one of the first players in Japanese soccer to embody the holding midfielder role. His positional awareness was no doubt refined after receiving coaching from Hans Ooft whilst at Kyoto Sanga.

Jordan/Jamal Sellami: In 1998, as a midfield player, Sellami transferred to Beşiktaş JK, where he finished runner-up in the Turkish league twice (1999 and 2000).

Korea Republic/Hong Myung-bo: Hong has played for two J-League clubs: Bellmare Hiratsuka (now Shonan Bellmare) and Kashiwa Reysol. He has no experience playing for a European club.

Mexico/Javier Aguirre: This is Aguirre's third spell as Mexico's manager.

*Morocco/Mohamed Ouahbi: Ouahbi has no credentials to speak of as a player. After being part of the Anderlecht setup for eighteen years, he switched roles in 2022 to coach the U20s of Morocco. His stock rose dramatically after winning the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Following Walid Regragui's resignation after the controversial 2025 AFCON, Ouahbi made the natural progression to lead the senior side. His predecessor Walid Regragui had caught the attention of the Moroccan FA after delivering Wydad AC's third CAF Champions League in 2022. His team defeated Egypt's Al Ahly 2-0. He was in the job from August 2022 until his departure.

Netherlands/Ronald Koeman: Koeman is the only person to have both played for and managed the "Big Three" of Dutch football: Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.

New Zealand/Darren Bazeley: The Northampton native came through the youth ranks at Watford and made almost 300 senior appearances as a winger. But when Wolves made a lucrative offer in 1999, he found it difficult to turn down the move to Molineux Stadium.

Norway/Ståle Solbakken: Solbakken was part of the Norwegian squad during France '98, the last time the country qualified for the FIFA World Cup.

Panama/Thomas Christiansen: Born in Denmark to a Spanish mother, Christiansen trained with the youth team of Real Madrid, but his mother did not allow him to leave home at an early age. As a player, he has two caps for the Spanish national team, scoring one goal in a qualification match for USA '94 against Lithuania at the Benito Villamarín.

Paraguay/Gustavo Alfaro: Alfaro took charge of Ecuador during Qatar '22. The position was his first international managerial role.

Portugal/Roberto Martinez: Martinez made the unusual decision in 1995 to play in the lower leagues of English football at age 21 to gain extra perspective and to challenge himself.

Qatar/Julen Lopetegui: Ex-goalkeeper Lopetegui made a name for himself as Porto's manager. He has had short spells as boss of Real Madrid and West Ham since.

* Saudi Arabia/Hervé Renard: Renard was Morocco's manager during Russia 2018. After a disappointing 2019 AFCON showing in Egypt, the Frenchman resigned. Hervé Renard was sacked in April 2026 and replaced by former Greece international midfielder Giorgios Donis, the first ever Greek player to play in the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers. Renard had been in post since October 2024 and his previous job was as head coach of France Women.

Scotland Qualify For World Cup 2026 (c) Soccerphile Ltd. — Scotland Qualify For World Cup 2026

Scotland/Steve Clarke: Clarke made over 300 appearances for Chelsea and also worked as Jose Mourinho's assistant at Stamford Bridge.

Senegal/Pape Thiaw: Thiaw's previous role was coaching Senegal A, a team consisting of domestically based players.

South Africa/Hugo Broos: A centre-back in his playing days, Broos won the 1982-83 UEFA Cup with Anderlecht after overcoming Benfica by two goals to one over two legs.

Spain/Luis de la Fuente: de la Fuente's first match as Spain boss was against Norway at the Estadio La Rosaleda in a qualifying match for Euro 2024.

Sweden/Graham Potter: Potter spent seven years in Sweden with Östersund before spells at Swansea City, at the Amex with Brighton & Hove Albion, Stamford Bridge with Chelsea and West Ham United in England.

Switzerland/Murat Yakin: As a player, Yakin was part of the Switzerland squad for Euro 2004 in Portugal.

*Tunisia/ Sabri Lamouchi: Sabri Lamouchi replaced Sami Trabelsi in January 2026 following an underwhelming round-of-16 exit at the Africa Cup of Nations. As a player, Lamouchi had a fairly distinguished career, featuring for the likes of Inter Milan, Monaco and Marseille. He was also part of Aimé Jacquet's squad in Euro 96. His first role as a coach was with Ivory Coast who he led at World Cup 2014 in Brazil, but since then he has worked exclusively in club football, until now. Lamouchi has had short spells guiding Rennes, Nottingham Forest and Cardiff City in the past. His predecessor Sami Trabelsi took the reins of Al Sailiya for about ten years and led the team to two Qatari Stars Cups and one Qatar FA Cup. He did not win any league titles, however. He was appointed in February 2025. Update: Lamouchi himself was sacked after Tunisia's 1-5 loss to Sweden in Group F in Monterrey, the first time a manager has lost his job after just one World Cup match. He was replaced by former Morocco and Saudi Arabia coach Herve Renard until the end of the tournament.

Turkey/Vincenzo Montella: nicknamed 'L'Aeroplanino', Montella made his name as a striker in over a decade with Roma at the Olimpico. He spent a short loan spell at Craven Cottage in 2007.

Uruguay/Marcelo Bielsa: Marcelo's older brother, Rafael, is a notable politician, serving as the Ambassador of Argentina to Chile from 2020 to 2023.

USA/Mauricio Pochettino: Originally from Murray, Argentina, Pochettino becomes the first USMNT manager born in South America.

Uzbekistan/Fabio Cannavaro: Despite making 421 Serie A appearances as a player for Parma, Napoli, Inter Milan and Juventus, Cannavaro does not have a scudetto to his name because his two titles at Juventus were revoked following the Calciopoli scandal.

Compiled by Joji Imamiya

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